Graves Brothers Company owns and actively manages over
7,000 acres of citrus groves. The groves are located in Indian River,
St. Lucie and Hendry county Florida.
Varieties include ruby red grapefruit, flame grapefruit, rio star
grapefruit, white seedless grapefruit, navel oranges, temple oranges,
orlando tangelos, minneola tangelos, hamlin oranges, pineapple oranges,
mid sweet oranges, valencia oranges and pope summer oranges. All grapefruit,
navels and mandarin varieties are grown for the fresh market. Oranges
are grown for the juice market.
All groves have permanent low volume
irrigation to utilize our water resources in the most efficient manner
possible. Also, the latest satellite
and computer technology is being utilized to practice “Precision
Agriculture” which is the most advanced method available of applying
fertilizer and agricultural chemicals so as to efficiently use these
products for the benefit of the crop balanced with the least amount
of impact on the environment.
All Graves Brothers Company production department management personnel
have university degrees in citriculture. All supervisory employees
are trained and certified in agricultural chemical applications.